I humbly thanke you, as for your care to answere the necessityes of my neighbours, so for your plaine dealings with my selfe, in expressing how you conceiue concerning my due from you; which is both gentlemanlike and christian; and therby I knowe how to satisfy you.

Now therfore for my bargaine about the Cowes, it was as reall as I coulde make it; and all the mony paide by Mr. Nelson or myselfe, a good time before I was to haue the cowes deliuered. They were to be very good ones and two calues that were to come in Jan. or Febr. My neighbours that then had calues, will not now take 10li a peece for them, and therfore my right and due was to haue as good, and not to be disaduantaged by my long stay and suspense. Neither therfore did I mistake my selfe in the moderate demande of a heifer; and addition of the 4li. I also thinke it requisite that in a worde, I doe lett you knowe that the young Cowes I had were not such as your man intended me; and I persuade myselfe he was then reall, therfore I pardon and pitty him. Besides the goates were bad (diuers of them) in comparison of what we bargained for. And one of the oxen I bought, had some blowe or hurt aboue the vpper iawe, which since groweth in a great wenne, and it is feared, it may kill him, swelling now vp to the ey. These things I was loth to trouble you with before; but now thinke it fitt you should knowe, that I am a looser by him. Yet I am very well satisfyed with the young heifer, and doe most earnestly and dayly begge of God, that you may haue cause to say, It was good for me that I was afflicted.

Sir, there is one thing that is a newe trouble to vs; though the Court doe giue vs but three miles of the eight, that we go into the Country, yet we heare that some woulde take somwhat of from that. It seemeth they thinke vs very vnworthy neighbours. But I made knowne my minde to your selfe; of whose worth I doubt not. And for any other, they shall knowe that in a iust cause, I will not be afraide to pleade the right of my suffering neighbours, God assisting vs. To whom (with my seruice to yourselfe and worthy companion) I committ you and your affaires, and rest Yours in Christ to be commanded